Massachusetts, Hampden County
Where Springfield's records are kept. Springfield has its own city government, clerk's office, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
Start here
The cards below include Springfield's own offices, along with State of Massachusetts offices; the Hampden County offices are on our Hampden County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City Clerk in City Hall Room 123, 36 Court Street, records births, deaths and marriages, keeps business certificates, city contracts and historic municipal records, and issues dog and marriage licenses.
Open official site Springfield City Clerk's OfficePolice & jail
Springfield Police Department headquarters at 130 Pearl Street posts department news, daily arrest logs and their archive, city ordinances, and forms for compliments and complaints.
Open official site Springfield Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Bureau runs the Report Line for minor incidents, answers towed vehicle questions and directs incident, crash and criminal record requests to the department's Clerk's Office or the city portal.
Open official site Springfield Police Records BureauCity records
Springfield's Records Access Officer takes public records requests in Room 305 at 36 Court Street, by email or through the NextRequest portal, under the Massachusetts Public Records Law.
Open official site Springfield Public Records RequestsCity records
The Building Division of Inspectional Services at 70 Tapley Street issues building, wiring, plumbing, gas and sign permits, reviews plans, inspects construction and handles zoning violations.
Open official site Springfield Department of Inspectional ServicesPolice & jail
The Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board classifies sex offenders by risk and posts Level 3 offenders, plus Level 2 offenders classified after July 12, 2013, who live, work or study in the state.
Open official site Sex Offender Registry BoardState records
The Massachusetts Archives, under the Secretary of the Commonwealth in Boston, holds state vital records from 1841 to 1935, census copies, Port of Boston passenger lists and naturalization abstracts.
Open official site Massachusetts ArchivesCounty court
The court has locations in Boston, Worcester and Springfield and posts its calendar, notices of sale, video and phone hearing details, local rules and forms, with PACER for case files.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of MassachusettsCounty court
Massachusetts Trial Court site for looking up case information and paying some court fees online. Its data is not the official court record and may lack the latest activity.
Open official site Massachusetts Trial Court Case AccessPolice & jail
The Massachusetts Department of Correction points to VINELink, an outside service online or by phone, to find someone in its prisons by full name or commitment number.
Open official site Find Someone Housed in a Massachusetts PrisonPolice & jail
Massachusetts State Police missing persons for Springfield.
Open official site Springfield Massachusetts Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Department of Criminal Justice Information Services guide to the two kinds of Massachusetts checks: name based CORI searches of state arraignments, and fingerprint supported checks.
Open official site Massachusetts DCJIS Criminal Record ChecksFederal
Census Bureau statistics for Springfield city, Massachusetts: an estimated 154,702 people in July 2025 and a poverty rate of 25.8%, plus age, race, veterans, housing costs and commute times.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Springfield city government site for paying taxes, fees and parking tickets, public meetings, permits, birth certificates, city contracts and offices, with City Hall at 36 Court Street.
Open official site City of SpringfieldCity records
Springfield Fire Department at 605 Worthington Street, with fire prevention, permits and applications, smoke detector installations, emergency management and the 911 emergency communications division.
Open official site Springfield Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
18 more Springfield sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Springfield, a place of 155,929 people, is the seat of Hampden County. Deeds are recorded at the registry of deeds that serves Hampden County, Springfield's city clerk keeps copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Massachusetts Trial Court. Springfield's own offices are in the cards above, and our Hampden County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 9 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 8 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Aluminum.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. No abandoned mine inventory is published; the survey's host does not answer this box, both urls are in the search index.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Massachusetts abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Voter registration in Massachusetts is run by the Massachusetts Elections Division and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Springfield.
Deeds for property in Springfield are recorded by the registry of deeds that serves Hampden County, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Hampden County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Massachusetts come from the state vital records office, Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.